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Fireside View from Shambhala Mountain Center – HIGHLIGHT
On November 3rd, Shambhala Mountain Center will be hosting a Coming Home Celebration. Because of the High Park Fire this summer, many people were unable to visit SMC. Join them as a guest for a day of community celebration and healing practices recommended by the Sakyong. ... continuePosted October 26, 2012 by Editor
The Accidental Kasung – HIGHLIGHT
My Journey from Iraq to Magyal Pomra Encampment by Paul M. Kendel Be a warrior without anger ~ Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche I awoke to the shock and reverberations of an explosion. It had been over a year since I had relived that night in Iraq ... continuePosted September 28, 2012 by Editor
Great Stupa Preservation – HIGHLIGHT
UPDATE: Great Stupa Preservation Fund Grows as Work Week Approaches The fire this summer, which came so close to SMC, was a wake-up call for the need to protect Shambhala Mountain Center as a whole, and its lineage treasures, many of them contained in the Great Stupa ... continuePosted September 25, 2012 by Editor
Update on Shambhala Mountain Center
The following update on Shambhala Mountain Center is from Executive Director Michael Gayner. Dear Friends, With the containment of the High Park fire, the staff have all returned to Shambhala Mountain Center. Over the past month, we were evacuated, some re-evacuated with the fires in Boulder; ... continuePosted July 25, 2012 by Travis_May
Fort Collins Shambhala Center Hosts SMC Evacuees
The Fort Collins Shambhala Meditation Center was a host center for nearly 20 Shambhala Mountain Center staff members who were part of a large group evacuated during the Colorado High Park fire near SMC this past June. The refugees (the group quickly renamed themselves ‘refugees’ — instead ... continuePosted July 11, 2012 by ann_reichhardt
Viewing High Park Fire – HIGHLIGHT
smoke billows over the mountains behind SMC,Update from Jon Barbieri Executive Director at Shambhala Mountain Center Photos by John Perkins Today I would like to focus on the fire itself and additional efforts being made to protect the Stupa and the storage of treasures inside. THE FIRE: The conditions continue ... continuePosted June 25, 2012 by Editor
Five Miles Away from SMC – HIGHLIGHT
Five videos share prayers and preparations at Shambhala Mountain Center as High Park Fire comes within five miles An international Shambhala team visited Shambhala Mountain Center on Tuesday June 19th to visit the small core of staffers still on the land and lead prayers and practices for ... continuePosted June 21, 2012 by Editor
Tender and Valiant: Shambhala Mountain Center – HIGHLIGHT
The following remarks were recorded on June 15, 2012 during the Kurukula Abhisheka at the Boulder Shambhala Center by President Richard Reoch. The Abhisheka was previously planned to occur at Shambhala Mountain Center but was relocated due to the wildfire currently raging in the Rocky Mountains. continuePosted June 16, 2012 by Editor
Update on Fire Near Shambhala Mountain Center – HIGHLIGHT
Viewing the smoke from a point above SMC. photo by SMC staff A large forest fire has been burning for several days in the Colorado Rockies near Shambhala Mountain Center. According to the United States Forest Service, the fire has burned an estimated 49,763 acres and continues ... continuePosted June 14, 2012 by Editor
Shambhala Mountain Center & the High Park Fire
We know many of you are concerned about the High Park Fire, which is burning not far from the Shambhala Mountain Center. To receive accurate, up-to-date information about the fire, evacuations, road closures, and impacts to Shambhala Mountain Center programs, please check the following links: ... continuePosted June 13, 2012 by alexandra_kalinine
Smoke in the Sky: Shambhala Mountain Center – HIGHLIGHT
smoke over SMC, photo by SMC staff A raging wildfire continues to burn and spread just northwest of Fort Collins. As of this morning the fire covers of 43,00 acres. The large fire crews are reporting “some containment.” The fire is south east of Shambhala Mountain Center. A ... continuePosted June 13, 2012 by Editor
Gaining Ground against Beetle Infestation – HIGHLIGHT
Report from Shambhala Mountain Center by Shambhala Times Regional Correspondent Leslie Witt Brown, dead ponderosa pines have given way to open ground as Shambhala Mountain Center (SMC) battles to save its forest from the mountain pine beetle. Now in the second year of an aggressive, proactive program of ... continuePosted May 25, 2012 by Editor
Dathun – A Narrative – HIGHLIGHT
by Travis May I am awakened by the blinding light of the sun. What good are see-through curtains? The powerful rays fill the room with a life-force that implores one to get out of bed. It’s 6:30am. I roll out of bed with the calm clarity that ... continuePosted October 18, 2011 by Travis_May
Memories of Shambhala Mountain Center
This summer’s Warrior Assembly at Shambhala Mountain Center had 137 participants, including me. I found the program busy but spacious; provocative and delightful. Warrior Assembly, as the Directors Michael Chender and Acharya Arawana Hayashi emphasized, is largely about society – and it is very much a ... continuePosted August 30, 2011 by frances_giberson
Help Save Trees at SMC – HIGHLIGHT
Bob and Lindy King share their concern for the survival of the Ponderosa Pine forest at Shambhala Mountain Center in this poignant and timely call for action. They ask the Shambhala community to take to heart this very serious and imminent threat to the trees at ... continuePosted May 9, 2011 by Editor